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Justin F. Willett

Ph.D. Candidate
University of Missouri
willettj (at) missouri (dot) edu


About Me

I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. My expected graduation is May 2025.

Research Interests

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Zhang, W., Tsou, T.-H., Rodgers, S., & Willett, J. F. (in press). Comparing personalization strategies in social network advertising: The role of impression motivation in persuasion outcomes. _Journal of Interactive Advertising__.

Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Shin, H., Houston, J. B., & Duffy, M. (2023). The role of leader communication in fostering respectful workplace culture and increasing employee engagement and well-being. International Journal of Business Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294884231195614

Journal Articles Under review

Willett, J. F., Rodgers S., Stemmle, J. (2024). Seeking the public health angle in Missouri newspaper coverage of the opioid crisis [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Strategic Communication, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri.

Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Warner, B. R., Houston, J. B., & Duffy, M. (2024). Flourishing with flexibility: Leader communicative support of flexible work arrangements (FWA) enhances employee engagement and well-being [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Strategic Communication, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri.

Refereed Conference Papers

Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Warner, B. R., Houston, J. B., & Duffy, M. (2024, June 20-24). Flourishing with flexibility: Leader communicative support of flexible work arrangements (FWA) enhances employee engagement and well-being [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 2024 Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Willett, J. F., Rodgers S., Stemmle, J. (2023, August 7-10). Seeking the public health angle in Missouri newspaper coverage of the opioid crisis [Poster session]. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2023 Conference, Washington, D.C., United States.

Willett, J. F., LaGree, D., Houston, J. B., Shin, H., & Duffy, M. (2023, May 25-29). The role of leader communication in fostering respectful workplace culture and increasing employee engagement and well-being [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 2023 Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Teaching

Courses Taught

Certifications

Awards and Honors

Bonnie and Douglas Wakefield Award
The Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine presents this award annually to a graduating master’s student who has displayed significant achievement and leadership outside the classroom. Learn more.

Education

Ph.D. in Journalism – expected May 2025
Area of study: Strategic Communication
University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri

Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.)
University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

Bachelor of Journalism (B.J.)
University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri

Professional Experience

Justin served as Communication Manager at MU Health Care and the School of Medicine from 2018-2021. He helped lead MU Health Care’s COVID-19 communication efforts, including promotion of the health system’s COVID-19 vaccine program. Under Willett’s leadership, the health system’s evidence-based COVID-19 vaccine content garnered millions of pageviews and boosted total pageviews of muhealth.org owned content by nearly 1200% in 2021 (13 times higher than 2020).

Expertise


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